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The Lightie: A small light with big ambitions
by: Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine, 2014-03-10 00:16:09 UTC
South African designer and social entrepreneur Michael Suttner recently unveiled the Lightie: a portable solar-powered light that fits into a standard soda bottle. The low cost and durable device is designed to provide sustainable, safe, and affordable lighting to people in developing nations – and anyone else with a low income.
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The Lightie: A small light with big ambitions
Section: Good Thinking
Tags: Lighting,
Solar Powered,
Sustainable
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The Cloud-connected 65 km/h Qoros eBIQE: dream wheels for affluent geeks
by: Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine, 2014-03-10 09:19:58 UTC
It's de rigueur for upmarket brands to have an e-bike in the stable these days, so it was no surprise that aspiring international brand
Qoros should show its eBIQE in Geneva last week. The big surprise was the cloud connectivity and a five inch touchscreen dashboard with an astonishing array of information services. Cheap? NO! Cool? YES!..
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The Cloud-connected 65 km/h Qoros eBIQE: dream wheels for affluent geeks
Section: Urban Transport
Tags: Android,
Ebiqe,
Electric Bicycle,
Qoros,
Rimac Automobili,
Tablet
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This Simple Wristband Reveals Your Body’s Chemical Load
by: Inhabitat , 2014-03-08 19:00:31 UTC
You know those plastic bracelets people wear to show their support for cancer research and the like? Well now a new version has the potential to save lives in a different way. Health and environmental advocates can talk about the danger of our chemical-ridden world until they’re blue in the face, but few people take notice until it affects their health directly. Researchers at Oregon State University recently outfitted volunteers with a slightly modified version of those silicone bracelets for 30 days and then tested the wristbands for 1,200 chemical substances. What they found was eye opening. Find out what they found.
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Post tags: bracelet, chemical exposure, chemical load, chemical toxins, Inhabitots, Pesticide Action Network, silicone wristbands
Product Re-usable packaging or a scarf published.
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2014-03-25 20:26:57 UTC
Lush sells vintage fabric to Knot-Wrapping their products, which are sold, in most cases, unpacked.
Knot-wrap scarves can then be re-used again and ...
Product Tap water purification instead of bottled water published.
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2014-03-24 19:57:56 UTC
In many countries tapwater is not drinkable without purification because it contains arsenic, heavy metals, pesticides, VOC or bacterias. Even if it ...
Product Using evaporation to cool the air published.
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2014-03-21 13:27:40 UTC
A porrous terracotta pot, 2 liter water and a small fan together cool the air from room temperature to about 10 degrees Celsius. The terra cotta absorbs ...
Product RIY. Repair It Yourself. published.
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2014-03-17 07:46:40 UTC
The activity of repairing is a form of re-appropriating control on our material world, allowing us to understand how things function and acting as ...
Product Bottle caps designed for a second life as toy published.
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2014-03-10 11:07:02 UTC
Recycling is a good option. Reusing is even better. Is what the CEO of Clever Pack was thinking
"During the recycling process, through the collection ...
Product Raindrop collector published.
by: Design 4 Sustainability, 2014-03-10 10:09:40 UTC
Raindrop is a rain barrel that makes saving water really easy by providing a watering can that fills up automatically when it rains. This way, the ...
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